Wave of Demonstrations targeting Iranian diplomats missions in Relations between the two neighbors in Afghanistan were strained under the leadership of the Taliban. with Tehran summons the Afghan Chargé d’Affairs in Protest and suspension of consular services in Country.
dozens of Afghans resume their protests on Tuesday against Iranian “brutality” after its videos appeared show The battered refugees were widely circulated over weekend.
Tehran announced Closed until further notice of Afghan missions “in In order to obtain the necessary guarantees to ensure total The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Iran has hosted millions of Afghan refugees for Decades, but new waves flooded the country since the return of the Taliban power in August tests patience of Salads and normal people. The Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirollahian, announced this number last week of Afghan in Iran jumped to 5 million, from about 4 million before the Taliban took power last August.
On Tuesday, about 200 Afghans gathered in the square in Central Kabul, holding posters that read “Iran should Stop her cruelty and we want justice The Taliban banned public demonstrations, but allowed them to continue with Armed guards are watching.
“Iranian security forces and even common people There was a cure us “Bad these days,” said protester Mansour Ahmed Farooqi, who recently returned from Iran. When you see the police us they hang us on the ground and hit us. “
Tuesday’s protest came after videos circulated over the weekend show Iranian border guards and civilians have beaten the Afghans, though it is not clear when and where the photos were taken. Similar allegations were made also Raised by Afghan immigrants who crossed to Turkey.
Iranian officials dismissed the videos as “baseless and invalid.”
protests first erupted on Monday in Western Herat city which acts as a launching pad for Afghans want to cross into Iran, both formally and illegally. protesters set fire to an Iranian flag outside Tehran Consulate in The city smashed the surveillance cameras and hurled the consulate with rocks.
Declaration on Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website The embassy said in Kabul Can also been targeted.
The statement, issued on Tuesday, said the ministry had summoned the Afghan charge d’affaires in Tehran “to vigorously protest the attacks on Iranian embassy in Kabul and the Consulate general in Herat”.
Trafficking in Human Beings big business Along their shared border of 900 kilometers (550 miles).
the two peoples also you have farsi language in commonknown in Persian in Iran and Dari in Afghanistan, but it’s a majority of Afghans are Sunni Muslims compared to their predominantly Shiite neighbors.
Iran’s relations have always been tense with Taliban who raided the tehran consulate in North Afghanistan city of Mazar-i-Sharif in 1998 and killed 10 diplomats and a journalist. The Taliban said the raid was carried out out by maverick force the acting against Request #%s.
Since the Taliban takeover powerAfghanistan plunged into further economic crisis, prompting even those who have no connections to former backed by the West government to crowd for Director.
in thousands of people Every day try to cross into neighboring Iran in research of workor in Trying to reach Europe in Hope of seek refuge.
Iran has not yet recognized the Taliban government.
